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Geoffrey Howe on Hong Kong’s future (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Jonathan Bauder interviews Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe at the end of his visit to Hong Kong on the decision not to offer the right to abode in Britain to all Hong Kong Chinese with British passports...
Stop the World I Want to Get Off (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Carol Allen talks to Anthony Newley about his new production of his show Stop the World I Want to Get Off, in London. It was first shown in 1961. Newley explains what the show is about and comments on the...
Men who bust spy from prison face trial (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
John Greenwood interviews Pat (Patrick) Pottle, who is to be charged with Michael Randle of helping Soviet spy George Blake escape from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and helping him to the East German...
BR announces profits as wage dispute continues (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
As British Rail announce record profits, the rail unions say that shows they’ve got the cash to settle the pay dispute. But Employment Secretary Norman Fowler says it demonstrates nothing of the sort....
Nigel Lawson warns rail strikes could hit investment (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Elena Curti reports on a statement by Chancellor Nigel Lawson, directed towards the rail unions, that further strikes could jeopardise investment in the railways. He told TUC leaders that it would be hard to...
British Rail hardens line on strike (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with British Rail Chairman, Sir Robert (Bob) Basil Reid, in which he says BR cannot meet the striking rail workers’ wage demands despite the announcement of record profits. The national network...
NUR strike - Jimmy Knapp reacts to BR chairman’s comments (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Maggie Shiels interviews Jimmy Knapp, General Secretary of the NUR, who reacts to comments made by British Rail chairman, Sir Bob (Robert Basil) Reid, who said that BR cannot meet the striking rail...
Paul Channon on rail strike (1989)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Paul Channon, Transport Secretary, who says the announcement of British Rail’s record three hundred million-pound profit does not mean that the wage demands of the striking rail workers can...
14 die as man steers Israeli bus off road (1989)
- Genre
- News report; Interview
Peter Allen-Frost reports from Jerusalem where at least fourteen people have been killed after an Arab passenger grabbed the steering wheel of an Israeli bus and forced it off the road. The bus plunged down...
Child comforted by John McEnroe after accident (1989)
- Genre
- Interview; News report
Margaret Shiels reports on an incident at the Wimbledon tennis championship in London, where a child was knocked to the ground by an American camera crew trying to film tennis player, John McEnroe....